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$(function() {
var flows = [

    
        {
        name: '央行行长',
        intervals: [
            
                { // From-To pairs
                    from: Date.UTC(1979,0,0),

                    to: Date.UTC(1983,0,0),
                    name: '李葆华',
                    color: '#BF0B23'
                }, 
            
                { // From-To pairs
                    from: Date.UTC(1986,0,0),

                    to: Date.UTC(1989,0,0),
                    name: '陈慕华'
                }, 

                { // From-To pairs
                    from: Date.UTC(1994,0,0),

                    to: Date.UTC(1996,0,0),
                    name: '朱镕基'
                }, 

            
                { // From-To pairs
                    from: Date.UTC(2003,0,0),

                    to: Date.UTC(2014,0,0),
                    name: '周小川'
                }
            
            ]
        },
    
        {
        intervals: [
            
                { // From-To pairs
                    from: Date.UTC(1983,0,0),

                    to: Date.UTC(1986,0,0),
                    name: '吕培俭'
                }, 
            
                { // From-To pairs
                    from: Date.UTC(1989,0,0),

                    to: Date.UTC(1994,0,0),
                    name: '李贵鲜'
                }, 
            
                { // From-To pairs
                    from: Date.UTC(1996,0,0),

                    to: Date.UTC(2003,0,0),
                    name: '戴相龙'
                },
            
            ]
        },    
        {
        name: '财政部长',
        intervals: [
            
                { // From-To pairs
                    from: Date.UTC(1976,0,0),

                    to: Date.UTC(1980,0,0),
                    name: '张劲夫'
                }, 
            
                { // From-To pairs
                    from: Date.UTC(1981,0,0),

                    to: Date.UTC(1993,0,0),
                    name: '王丙乾'
                }, 
            
                { // From-To pairs
                    from: Date.UTC(1999,0,0),

                    to: Date.UTC(2004,0,0),
                    name: '项怀诚'
                }, 
            
                { // From-To pairs
                    from: Date.UTC(2004,0,0),

                    to: Date.UTC(2008,0,0),
                    name: '金人庆'
                }
            
            ]
        },
    
        {
        intervals: [
            
                               { // From-To pairs
                    from: Date.UTC(1980,0,0),

                    to: Date.UTC(1981,0,0),
                    name: '吴波'
                }, 
            
                { // From-To pairs
                    from: Date.UTC(1993,0,0),

                    to: Date.UTC(1999,0,0),
                    name: '刘仲藜'
                },
            
                { // From-To pairs
                    from: Date.UTC(2008,0,0),

                    to: Date.UTC(2014,0,0),
                    name: '谢旭人'
                }
            
            ]
        },
        
        {
        name: '国家总理',
        intervals: [
            
                { // From-To pairs
                    from: Date.UTC(1977,0,0),

                    to: Date.UTC(1981,0,0),
                    name: '华国锋'
                }, 
            
                { // From-To pairs
                    from: Date.UTC(1988,0,0),

                    to: Date.UTC(1999,0,0),
                    name: '李鹏'
                }, 
            
                { // From-To pairs
                    from: Date.UTC(2004,0,0),

                    to: Date.UTC(2014,0,0),
                    name: '温家宝'
                }
            
            ]
        },
    
        {
        intervals: [
            
                { // From-To pairs
                    from: Date.UTC(1981,0,0),

                    to: Date.UTC(1988,0,0),
                    name: '赵紫阳'
                }, 
            
                { // From-To pairs
                    from: Date.UTC(1999,0,0),

                    to: Date.UTC(2004,0,0),
                    name: '朱镕基'
                }
            ]
        }  
];

// re-structure the flows into line seriesvar series = [];
var series = [];
$.each(flows.reverse(), function(i, flow) {
    var item = {
        name: flow.name,
        data: []
    };
    $.each(flow.intervals, function(j, interval) {
        item.data.push({
            x: interval.from,
            y: i,
            name: interval.name,
            label: interval.label,
            from: interval.from,
            to: interval.to
        }, {
            x: interval.to,
            y: i,
            name: interval.name,
            from: interval.from,
            to: interval.to
        });
        
        // add a null value between intervals
        if (flow.intervals[j + 1]) {
            item.data.push(
                [(interval.to + flow.intervals[j + 1].from) / 2, null]
            );
        }

    });

    series.push(item);
});

// create the chart
$(document).ready(function() {
    chart = new Highcharts.Chart({

        chart: {
            renderTo: 'container2',
            height: 250
        },       

        title: {
            text: ''
                    },
        credits: {
            enabled: false
        },
        legend: {
            enabled: false
        },
        exporting: {
            enabled: false,
        },

        xAxis: {
            type: 'datetime',
            opposite: true,
            gridLineColor: 'none',
            gridLineWidth: 0,
            lineWidth: 0,
            tickLength: 0,
            labels: {
                enabled: false
            }

        },

        yAxis: {
            lineWidth: 0,
            tickLength: 0,
            tickInterval: 1,
            gridLineColor: 'none',
            gridLineWidth: 0,
            labels: {
                formatter: function() {
                    if (flows[this.value]) {
                        return flows[this.value].name;
                    }
                }
            },
            startOnTick: false,
            endOnTick: false,
            title: {
                enabled: false
            },
            plotBands: {
            	color: 'rgba(68, 170, 213, 0.1)',
            	from: 1.5,
            	to: 3.5
            },
            minPadding: 0.2,
            maxPadding: 0.2
        },

        tooltip: {
            formatter: function() {
                return '<b>'+ this.point.options.name + '</b><br/>' +
                    Highcharts.dateFormat('%Y', this.point.options.from) + 
                    ' - ' + Highcharts.dateFormat('%Y', this.point.options.to); 
            }
        },

        plotOptions: {
            line: {
                lineWidth: 15,
                marker: {
                    enabled: false
                },
                dataLabels: {
                    enabled: true,
                    align: 'left',
                    formatter: function() {
                        return this.point.options && this.point.options.label;
                    }
                }
            }
        },

        series: series
    });
});
});
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